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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will apply from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. 

Download the poster HERE.

The Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard has launched the Emergency Response Fund in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to address urgent needs that face Islanders and their families.  The Emergency Fund seeks to shore up the invaluable role of Island non-profits when crisis hits, whether it’s today’s public health emergency or future crisis facing the Vineyard from natural disasters to financial.  The fund is immediately established with $25,000 from existing sources with the hope and expectation that donors will build upon that modest base.

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Are you an Executive Director or emerging nonprofit leader who is looking to sharpen your professional skills, build confidence, and gain resources to be a stronger leader of your organization and community?  

Applications now open for the 2020/2021 class of The Institute for Nonprofit Practice (INP) Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

This intensive 8-month program from INP is part of Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University.

Designed to give you the tools to build your organization’s effectiveness innovation, and sustainability, INP is made accessible by the MVNC and local funders through scholarships and locally held classes.

Leaders representing all nonprofit sectors from 19 different organizations have participated in and benefited from the Vineyard program to date. 

Read about the program HERE.

Want more information? Attend an online information session HERE.

Or, apply for the CORE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM by clicking the button below.

Apply here.

If you have any questions, please email nevette@mvnonprofits.org.

Join us to welcome Jackie Friedman, Psy.D as MVNC's new Executive Director.

The Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative Board of Directors is pleased to announce the hiring of Jackie Friedman, Psy.D., of Edgartown, as its new Executive Director.  Jackie takes the place of long-time Executive Director Peter Temple, who retired in December.  She will begin work with us in March.

Jackie brings a wealth of experience and know-how to the job.  In her prior roles in hospital, government, nonprofit and private sector behavioral and mental health program work, Jackie has developed impressive strengths in strategic and project management, keen creative problem-solving ability, and compassion and sensitivity in working with others.  Her many roles have benefited from her skills in working collaboratively across many organizations.  As one of her references noted, “Jackie has a unique set of skills in both getting things done well and doing them in ways that build trust across work units she did not often have responsibility for. Uncommon in today’s complex and fast-moving world”

We feel extremely fortunate to have found someone of her ability to lead us in our continued work to help strengthen the island’s nonprofit community.

Jackie is married and is raising two young children on the Vineyard.  She currently serves as Chair of the Vineyard Montessori School Board of Directors and sits on the Family Center Advisory Committee in Vineyard Haven.  We feel sure that Jackie’s commitment to the Martha’s Vineyard community and to the long-term development of our nonprofit community will serve both our organization and the island well in the years to come.

We ask that the Vineyard community join us in welcoming Jackie as Executive Director of the Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative and in offering her its unreserved support in her new role.

Read more about Jackie's background in our recent Letter to the Editor.

Gerald S. Jones

Chair, Board of Directors

MV Nonprofit Collaborative    

It's a new year, a new decade! Lets save your organization some money!

Here are two resources to bookmark:

NAEIR supports communities by collecting merchandise donations from generous American corporations and giving it to non-profits like you.

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TECH SOUP offers Incredible tech discounts for nonprofits from leading brands. Low administrative fees. 

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for new Community Impact Grant.
Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation has started a new Community Impact Grant that looks to reward Martha's Vineyard or Falmouth nonprofits that have had a large impact on their community in the past year.

How to apply:

• Nominate your nonprofit organization. Complete the application for MVB about why your nonprofit organization deserves a $2,500 Community Impact Grant in 500 words or less. You can also add an optional video URL to improve the presentation. 
• Ask your community to Vote for you. Voting will be February 18 - March 10. The nominations will be posted on the MVB website.

Please be sure to review the Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Giving Guidelines.

Apply Here.

The MVNC Board thanks Peter Temple for 13 years of outstanding leadership in the following letter to the Editor......

What's on the Vineyard's Nonprofits wish list for 2020?

MVNC's 'YEAR IN REVIEW' shares bitesize stories from our nonprofit community to shine a spotlight on the essential services they provide and remind us how important their work is to our quality of life. We bet there is not a day that goes by that a nonprofits' work does not touch you. From wooden paths to doctor visits, to the food on your plate and artful cup that you drink from, nonprofits weave into our everyday life.

We invite you to this holiday season to give back. A donation of whatever you can afford goes a long way to further the good work that our nonprofits do.

Click button for a list 2020 Wishes.

Vineyard Nonprofits Wish List.pdf

Need to find a nonprofits contact? Visit our nonprofit directory.

Vineyard Nonprofits Directory

Have a Happy Holiday.

MVNC

The Martha's Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative's Holiday Wish List for Island Nonprofits is a great way to tell donors about the things your organization needs for the year to come. The Wish List will be published in MVNC's Year in Review Newsletter, and inserted in both the Martha’s Vineyard Times and the Vineyard Gazette in early December.

The reach of our Holiday Wish List is tremendous, and has generated gifts ranging from $100 to over $10,000 for a variety of organizations over the years.​

Note! Wishlist items received after the print deadline will be listed on the MVNC website.

Submit your nonprofit wishlist HERE.

Three island nonprofits team up to promote sustainable 'green' practices at island events. This mission-based collaboration between Island Grown Initiative, Vineyard Conservation Society, and Sail MV aims to educate event planners and caterers on Martha's Vineyard on the importance of saying NO to plastic, preventing and recycling food waste, and how to operate in an environmentally responsible manner.

Find more information and the how-to guide at:

MV Green Events